Reviews on Participatory Health Research

Project Lead: CIET/PRAM at McGill University

CIET/PRAM will provide leadership and methodological expertise to the ICPHR network for conducting systematic reviews. This includes either leading or collaborating on reviews addressing topics identified by ICPHR network members. CIET/PRAM has the capacity to undertake multiple reviews simultaneously, assembling an international review team appropriate for each individual topic. CIET/PRAM will assist network review leads in creating protocols and applying for funding within Canada and each host country.

CIETinternational undertakes knowledge synthesis, including meta-analysis, on a large number of topics. Among other contributions to knowledge synthesis, CIET is engaged in developing tools, such as cognitive mapping, for systematic documentation of traditional, local and unwritten knowledge that might otherwise escape scientific review and analysis.

PRAMis an emerging hub for realist review, a qualitative, theory-driven review method for synthesising complex, heterogeneous data, particularly in the area of intervention and policy impact. PRAM leads realist reviews, collaborates on others, builds capacity through training realist reviewers, and contributes to strengthening its methods and standards.

We currently have reviews published in:

English

German

Portuguese

If you are interested in conducting a review on participatory health research to support the ICPHR, or have a review to post, please send an email to Jon Salsberg, project lead.